Bath tub protective covers



March 13, 1962 Filed May 27, 1960 INVENTOR. 592a H. Hzvaez:

8Y6 z fi ga 1 t Jaen cqTTa-E United States Patent 3,024,471 BATH TUBPROTECTIVE COVERS Sara H. Anderson, 840 NE. 16th Ave., Fort Landerdale,Fla. Filed May 27, 1960, Ser. No. 32,369 3 Claims. (Cl. 4-173) Myinvention relates to protective coverings for temporary use inconnection with bath tubs and similar porcelain and enamel plumbinggoods, during the plastering, painting and other work conducted in abathroom or the like.

The purpose of the cover is to prevent marring or staining of the glazedor highly finished surface of a bath tub or the like, such as frequentlyoccurs during building construction, through the dropping of plaster,lime, paint or other injurious materials into the tub, or throughworkmen standing in the tub or dropping their tools into it.

My invention has for its object the provision of a cover of simple formwhich will readily be applicable to bath tubs of different lengths andwhich will adequately protect the interior areas and the rim areas, aswell as the exposed side wall area of the tub, the cover beingconveniently made in two pieces, which may be approximately duplicatesof one another and each cover approximately one-half of the exposedareas of the tub.

In the accompanying drawing:

FIGURE 1 is a plan view of one of the sheets that comprise the cover forthe tub of FIG. 2.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the tub with a complete cover.

The blank shown in FIG. 1, can conveniently be formed by slitting andcutting a stack of sheets, instead of cutting each blank separately. Twoof the sheets constitute a complete cover. In applying the cover to atub, two of the blanks will be placed in relatively reversed arrangementin the tub, in that their long, straight edges 4 will adjoin one anotherat the transverse center line of the tub, so that the diagonally slittededge of one blank will be at the left hand end of the tub and thediagonally slitted portion of the other blank will be at the other endof the tub. Each of a pair of cover sections has a bottom panel 5 whichcovers approximately one-half of the tub bottom, although in the case ofshort tubs, the sections will overlap each other more or less at theadjacent ends of the panels. The blank has also a side panel 6 that willlie against the rear inner surface of the tub and overlie the tub rimsomewhat. The blank has also a side wall panel 7 disposed oppositely tothe panel 6 and which will extend upwardly and partly over the outer rimof the tub. A vertical panel 8 consitutes an intergral extension of thepanel 7 and will hang down and protect the exposed outer face of the tubagainst damage through the impact of extraneous objects.

The blank has also an end panel 9 which will protect the inner verticalsurface at an end of the tub.

Where the side panel 7 and the end panel 9 meet, the cover sheet is slitdiagonally at 10 and 11 so that the two cover sheets will neatly conformto the curved contours where the front side and the ends of the tubmerge. 6

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The slit 11 permits of the overlapping of these two panels 7 and 8 atone corner of the tub, without pleating or forming wrinkles.

In the particular shape of the tub here shown, the interior contours atthe rear corners of the tub, where the vertical wall and the end wallmeet, are of somewhat different curvature than are the front corners ofthe tub, therefore, there are two slits at 12 and 13 instead of a singleslit as at 11. Here again, there will be some overlapping of the coverpanels at those slits, to enable the cover to neatly fit into the rearcorners of the tub. The slitted extensions of the end panel overlie theupper rim surfaces of the tub and the extreme edge of the end panel 9 iscurved at 14, so that when it is bent down slightly to protect theextreme end of the rim, it will lie neatly against the endmost side ofthe rim.

Sealing tapes 15 such as one of the well-known pressure-sensitive types,will be used to hold the parts of the cover together at the variousslits and thus also prevent entry of grit. Likewise, where the twohalf-sections meet at the middle of the tub, the tape will be applied.

I claim as my invention:

1. A protective bath tub liner comprising a pair of flexible sheets eachproportioned to cover substantially one-half of the interior bath tubsurface, each of said sheets having front and rear side panels and abottom panel, an end panel integral with the bottom panel, at least oneslit formed at the juncture of the end panel and front side panel andextending from the sheet edge toward the bottom panel to provideunderlap and overlap between the adjoining edges of said front sidepanel and end panel to effect conformable contact between said frontside panel and end panel, said slit being such that the adjoining edgesof the front side panel and end panel will be in substantial abuttingrelationship when the sheet is flat, and at least one slit formed at thejuncture of said rear side panel and said end panel and extending fromthe sheet edge toward the bottom panel to provide underlap and overlapbetween said rear side panel and end panel to effect therebyconformability of said flexible sheet with a variously contouredinterior bath tub surface, said last-mentioned slit also being such thatthe adjoining edges separated thereby are in substantial abuttingrelation when the sheet is flat.

2. The protective bath tub liner in accordance with claim 1 wherein eachof said pair of flexible sheets is identically constructed and each ofits opposite sides provides a protective surface to be usable at eitherbath tub end by turning the sheet surface on one side or the other forlocation at the foot or head of said bath tub.

3. The protective bath tub liner in accordance with claim 1 wherein eachof said sheets includes a panel extension which is integral with thefront side panel which overlies the exposed exterior front side surfaceof the bath tub.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS1,665,206 Henry Apr. 10, 1928 1,686,560 Hewlett Oct. 9, 1928 2,319,603Henry May 18, 1943

